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Education

J.D., UCLA School of Law

B.A., with high honors, University of California, Santa Barbara

Biography

Jeffrey A. Chine, a partner in the firm's San Diego office, specializes in a wide variety of land use and environmental matters involving the permitting and development of complex residential, mixed-use, commercial, infill, energy, and public works projects throughout California. He also represents developers in state and federal courts against environmental groups and opponents of development in CEQA, NEPA, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Subdivision Map Act, Coastal Act and other challenges to entitlements

Jeff acts as General Counsel for the Building Industry Association of San Diego County and chairs its Legal Action Committee. He specializes in emerging regulatory issues facing development in California, including water supply, climate change, and stormwater regulation. He frequently lectures to lawyers and professionals on land use and planning issues, and is a contributing author to Continuing Education of the Bar treatises on the Subdivision Map Act and Land Use Litigation. He has also taught CEQA to Superior Court Judges and Appellate Justices at the California Judicial College.

Before joining Allen Matkins, he was a partner and Chairman of the Real Estate Department of Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps, where he practiced for 20 years.

Memberships

Building Industry Association of San Diego

Accolades

Named to The Daily Transcript’s Top 50 Influential Leaders in San Diego (2017)

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